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What is difference between gravitational potential and potential difference?
Asked by pannalal.malakar | 17 Oct, 2014, 04:36: PM
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The gravitational potential at a point in the gravitational field of the earth is defined as the amount of work done in bringing a body of unit mass from infinity to that point. The SI unit of gravitational potential is J kg-1.

The potential difference between two points is the amount of work done in moving a unit positive charge from the point at a lower potential to the point at higher potential.

Answered by Faiza Lambe | 18 Oct, 2014, 09:16: PM

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